Affiliated Professor of Law; Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU Bloomington; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance

Education

Masters in International Relations, first honors, University of Cambridge

PhD, Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge

JD with academic and pro bono distinction, Stanford University

Biography

Scott J. Shackelford is an associate professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, where he teaches cybersecurity law and policy, sustainability, and international business law. He is a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Program on Science and International Affairs, and drector of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance at Indiana University. He is also an affiliate scholar with Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, a senior fellow at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Professor Shackelford has written more than 100 books, articles, and essays for diverse outlets including the American Business Law Journal, University of Illinois Law Review, and the Wisconsin Law Review, which have been covered by National Public Radio, The Atlantic Wire, Politico, and Newsweek. He is also the author of Managing Cyber Attacks in International Law, Business, and Relations: In Search of Cyber Peace (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and has written op-eds for the Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Washington Times.

Both Professor Shackelford’s academic work and teaching have been recognized with numerous awards, including a Hoover Institution National Fellowship, a Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Distinguished Fellowship, the 2014 Indiana University Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, and the 2015 Elinor Ostrom Award. Professor Shackelford has presented his research on cybersecurity at diverse forums including universities such as Harvard, Notre Dame, the University of Michigan, University of Texas-Austin, and Stanford, as well as for the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office of the Government of Australia, NATO, and the Harvard Business Review.

Selected Works

Shackelford, Scott J., and Janine Hiller (2018), "The Firm and Common Pool Resource Theory: Unpacking the Rise of Benefit Corporations," American Business Law Journal, forthcoming.

Shakelford, Scott J. (2017), "Seeking a Safe Harbor in a Widening Sea: Unpacking the EJC’s Schrems Decision and What it Means for Transatlantic Relations," Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, forthcoming.

Shackelford, Scott J., Eric Richards, Anjanette Raymond, Jaclyn Kerr, and Andreas Kuehn (2017), "iGovernance: The Future of Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance in the Wake of the Apple Encryption Saga," University of North Carolina Journal of International Law, forthcoming.

Shackelford, S. (2017), "The Law of Cyber Peace," Chicago Journal of International Law, forthcoming.

Shackelford, S., and S. Myers (2017), "Block-by-Block: Leveraging the Power of Blockchain Technology to Build Trust and Promote Cyber Peace," Yale Journal of Law and Technology, forthcoming.

Shackelford, Scott J. (2017), "‘NotPetya’ Ransomware Attack Shows Corporate Social Responsibility Should Include Cybersecurity," The Conversation, June 27, 2017. View Full Text (also published in Asia Times,View Full Text).

Shackelford, Scott, and Andraz Kastelic (2016), "A State-Centric Cyber Peace? Analyzing the Current State and Impact of National Cybersecurity Strategies on Enhancing Global Cybersecurity," New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, 18, 895.

Shakelford, Scott J., Scott Russell, and Andreas Kuehn (2016), "Unpacking the International Law on Cybersecurity Due Diligence: Lessons from the Public and Private Sectors," Chicago Journal of International Law, 17, 1.